Piyush Chawla is an IPL legend and he has played a few ODI Matches for India as well. He has not been able to play that many tests and T20IS for India. He has played 25 ODIs for India and in those he has taken 32 Wickets. He has taken 2 Four Wicket Hauls in ODI Cricket. He has played 181 IPL Matches and he will play for Mumbai Indians in 2024. He has taken 179 Wickets so far and is one of the leading wicket takers in IPL history.
Let’s look at the Top 5 Best Bowling Performances of Piyush Chawla
1) 4/40 vs Pakistan (2008)
His first 4 Wicket Haul in ODI Cricket was against Pakistan in 2008. This was in an ODI Match where India won the match by 140 runs. He bowled 8.4 overs in this innings. He gave away 40 runs which is less than 5 runs per over. Piyush Chawla showed in this match that he has the skills to play for India for a long time. It was due to his excellent bowling performance that Pakistan could only make 190 in this innings.
2) 4/23 vs Hong Kong (2008)
The best bowling performance in the ODI career of Piyush Chawla is this one which he bowled Against Hong Kong. This match was where Piyush Chawla took advantage of the fact that he was far more skilled. He bowled the entire 10 overs in which he only gave 23 runs at only 2.3 runs per over. This was the match where he showed the Indian selectors that he should play test cricket for India. India won this match by a whopping 256 runs.
3) 3/60 vs England (2007)
This is also one of the best bowling performances in the career of Piyush Chawla. This close match was against England in 2007. This match was where India made 329 runs and England made 320 runs. Piyush Chawla bowled 10 overs for 060 runs and he took 3 important wickets for India. This allowed India to narrowly win the match by 9 runs.
4) 4/17 vs RCB (2011)
This is his best IPL performance. Piyush Chawla has 2 Four Wicket Hauls in IPL cricket. This was the first and he got this against RCB which had the likes of Virat Kohli, Chris Gayle and AB De Villiers. Piyush Chawla bowled 4 overs in this innings and he only gave away 17 runs at just a little more than 4 runs per over. He took 4 wickets and broke the back of the RCB batting which helped the Kings X1 Punjab win the match by a big margin of 111 runs.
5) 4/32 vs Delhi Capitals (2016)
This was the second four wicket Haul that Piyush Chawla took in his IPL career. This was a match in 2016 against Delhi Capitals and in this match he bowled his 4 overs for 32 runs. He gave away 8 runs per over but he took 4 wickets which helped KKR to win this match. It was a close match in the end and this match winning spell was the difference and KKR won this match by 13 runs. He has played 181 Matches and still he will play an important role for Mumbai Indians in IPL 2024 as the premier spinner.
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